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Correlational findings

Study Thoits & Hewitt (2001): study US 1986

Public
25+ aged, general public, USA, 1986-1989
Sample
Respondents
N = 2867
Non Response
T1: 33% T2: 21%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
At home

Correlate

Authors's Label
Family income
Our Classification
Distribution
M= 4.4  SD=2.6
Operationalization
Family income in last year
10 ordinal categories from less than $5000 to $8000 or more

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-f r = .07 p < .001 Family income by T1 Life satisfaction O-SLu-g-sq-v-7-a b = +.02 p < .05 Family income by T2 Life satisfaction
B controlled for:
-T2 voluntary hours
-sociodemographic variables
-age
-gender
-ethnicity
-education
-employment
-marital status
-children at home O-SLu-g-sq-v-7-a b = +.02 p < .10 Family income by T2 Life satisfaction
B controlled for:
-sociodemographic variables
-age
-gender
-ethnicity
-education
-employment
-marital status
-children at home
-T2 social intergration
-church attendance
-organization attendance
-T1 Life satisfaction (indicating CHANGE in Life satisfaction) O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa b = +.03 p < .01 Family income by T2 Happiness
B controlled for:
-sociodemographic variables
-age
-gender
-ethnicity
-education
-employment
-marital status
-children at home
-T2 social intergration
-church attendance
-organization attendance
-T1 happiness measured by a different item
"My life could be happier than it is now"